Of late, looters and burglars have again become active in the Silver City; and this time, they have not even spared gods. looters on Wednesday night targeted two temples and decamped with gold and silver jewellery worth lakhs of rupees from the lakshmi - Nrusingha temple at Kamapalii Square and Jagannath temple at Courtpeta here.
Police sources said miscreants broke the grill of the lakshmi-Nursingha temple and looted the golden eyes of lakshmi, Saraswati and Nrusingha, five gold bangles, two ear rings, a silver foot, a silver plate, gold chains, three idols and 500 grams of gold jewellery.
Besides, three kgs of silver jewellery and other items of the temple has been stolen, said priest of the temple Madan Mohan Sahu. The gold jewelleries worth will be Rs 12 lakhs.
Similarly, at the Courtpeta Jagannath temple, a copper crown and idol of lord Ganesh and the temple’s donation box has been stolen. On behalf of the temple Jagannath Subudhi has
lodged a complaint with the police.
The BN Pur police have lodged two cases and are investigating the incident. The targeting of temples by the miscreants has triggered strong resentment among the city residents.